Barbra Streisand Shamelessly Plugs Single While Blaming Trump for 20,000 Coronavirus Deaths
On Easter Sunday, while the rest of the country struggles to recover from the deadly coronavirus pandemic, singer Barbra Streisand used the crisis to blame the Trump administration as well as to advertise her 2018 single “Don’t Lie To Me.”
In her Twitter post, Streisand wrote that she had especially penned the song after President Donald Trump’s election, which she described as a “serial liar.” She continued to say that as a result of Trump’s incompetence and lies, more than 20,000 Americans have died. Streisand also added that the commander-in-chief only proved that he is unable to handle the truth, let alone lead the nation during a pandemic.
I wrote a song called ”Don’t Lie to Me” after Trump was elected, because he was a serial liar. Now, with more than 20,000 people dead because of his incompetence and lies, he's proven that he can’t handle the truth. He’s unfit to lead this nation...especially in a time of crisis
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) April 12, 2020
A few hours after, Streisand wrote another social media rant. This time, she claimed that instead of building the massive border wall, Trump should focus on getting ventilators and providing personal protective equipment for healthcare professionals. She added that “The virus doesn’t care about the wall that he falsely said Mexico was paying for.”
Trump is obsessed with wasting money on his wall. Maybe all that money should have been spent on testing, ventilators and personal protective equipment for our health care professionals. The virus doesn’t care about the wall that he falsely said Mexico was paying for.
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) April 12, 2020
Within the same day, the singer followed up with a tweet, accusing Trump of defunding WHO, simply because the president does not like the organization.
Trump doesn’t like the World Health Organization for telling him to stop politicizing this virus, so he’s threatening to defund them!
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) April 12, 2020
How sick. https://t.co/R9R5iZ6bur
Social media pundits echoed Streisand’s sentiments. One user replied that Trump should have been kicked out of the White House, or otherwise, impeached.
Well said, Barbra, & he should be removed from office for having been impeached!
— Mary Ellen Bavaro (@MaryEllenBavar3) April 12, 2020
Another user replied, saying that the news should come as no surprise since Trump already has a history of lying.
My question would be when has he ever told the truth...about anything ? If he isn’t embellishing , he is outright lying
— Nance 🦋🌊🦋 (@solusnan1) April 12, 2020
Someone also went on to say that he was horrified by Trump’s behavior, and the president’s complete “disregard for human life.”
I watch his interview/ press conferences and am horrified by his behaviour, his narcissism and completely disregard for human life 😢
— Kerry (@kerrberr74) April 12, 2020
And finally, another pundit claimed that the virus is no other than Trump himself.
Trump is the new virus. Failure to protect the American people. Trumps failures will continue to raise havoc in our country, a an evil virus. Who is protecting us from trump
— Gail Bodin (@GailBodin1) April 12, 2020
Streisand had previously expressed her disdain against the president. Just last year, the singer shared a violent photo of the president being impaled by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s heel.
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) October 19, 2019
The actress who had supported Hillary Clinton during her 2016 presidential bid, had also voiced her “wholehearted” support for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. In a now deleted tweet, she went on to insist that the former vice-president should beat Trump in the upcoming 2020 elections, stating that the administration had wreaked havoc in the country’s democracy, health, and safety, and “standing in the world.”
Other Hollywood celebrities have also shared their hatred against the Trump administration. Actor Michael Rappaport, who had made constant attacks against the first family, had recently shared a meme that the country had been run by a “con man and a hooker,” referring to Trump and his first lady Melania.
NEVER FORGET pic.twitter.com/SAcwdHeE1X
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) April 11, 2020
Then, last month, director and outspoken Trump critic, Rob Reiner had also suggested that the president could be an ““accessory to the crime” and that he should be responsible for the deaths of COVID-19 patients.
I’m not a lawyer, but it seems to me if you’re the most influential person in America and you tell the public that a deadly viral pandemic is a hoax & countless citizens accept that as reality, do nothing to protect themselves then end up dead, you might be an accessory.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) March 29, 2020